Line #2 ShoutOut/TheIronGiant


1	* The many references to Franchise/{{Superman}}, all of which are actually plot-relevant.
2	* Hogarth and Annie's last name is Hughes in honor of Ted Hughes, the author of the original book.
3	* The movie contains at least one nod to ''The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming'' - the two boys with the binoculars falling off the balcony is straight from the movie.
4	* Hogarth also mentions ''ComicBook/TheSpirit'' as one of his comic books. Brad Bird is a huge Spirit fan and tried to get it made into an animated feature in TheEighties.
5	* The scene where the Giant is chasing Rogard & Mansley's jeep is reminiscent of the ''Tyrannosaurus rex'' chase scene in ''Film/JurassicPark'', complete with Mansley demanding the driver go faster.
6	* "Hogarth? That's an embarrassing name. She might as well have called him [[Creator/TheMarxBrothers Zeppo]] or something."
7	* The Western that General Rogard was watching when Mansley was contacting him was the exact same one that [[WesternAnimation/OneHundredandOneDalmatians Pongo, Perdita, and the puppies were watching]].
8	* The "scary movie" that Hogarth was watching was a shout out to the cheesy sci-fi movies of TheFifties (more specifically, ''Film/TheBrainFromPlanetArous'').
9	-->"[[BadBadActing No. Augh. Aaaaaaah]]."
10	* Likewise, one of the weapons on the Iron Giant [[spoiler:when he goes berserk in vengeance for the apparent death of Hogarth]] heavily resembles the cannons used by the Martian war machines in ''Film/TheWarOfTheWorlds1953''.
11	* The Signature Edition has a moment where the Giant's hand appears to watch ''[[Series/WaltDisneyPresents Disneyland]]''.[[note]]This was going to be in the original version, but Disney wouldn't give the filmmakers the rights. HilariousInHindsight when you remember that Brad Bird would eventually direct ''Film/{{Tomorrowland}}''.[[/note]]
12	* Many fans of classic {{Toku}} and Television have noted the Giant's HeroicSacrifice seems almost identical to ''Series/GiantRobo'''s in the Tokusatsu version aka ''Johnny Sokko and his Flying Robot'' though in this case the Giant had to destroy a nuclear missile and Giant Robo had to stop BigBad Emperor Guillotine from causing a Suicide Bombing ''and'' a oncoming Meteor.
13	* Dean describes [[KlatchianCoffee espresso]] as [[Franchise/{{Godzilla}} Coffeezilla.]]
14	* The man selling the tractor that the Giant took a bite out of is based on Floyd R. Turbo from ''Series/TheTonightShowStarringJohnnyCarson''. He's listed in the credits as "Floyd Turbeaux".
15	* A WesternAnimation/BugsBunny doll is visible in Hogart's toy box when he arms himself to go out to look for the "invaders from Mars". The same scene shows a ''Film/ForbiddenPlanet'' poster on his bedroom wall.
16	* The newspaper Dean is reading at the lake has the headline "Disaster Seen as Catastrophe Looms" is the same one seen in ''WesternAnimation/FunAndFancyFree'' and ''WesternAnimation/LadyAndTheTramp''.
17	* The cartoon showing at Hogart's school is a parody of ''Film/DuckAndCover''.
18	* The scene where the Giant encounters a deer is a nod to ''WesternAnimation/{{Bambi}}''.
19	* When Kent is calling General Rogard at the Hughes home, there's an oven mitt that resembles the title character of the "WesternAnimation/FamilyDog" episode of ''Series/AmazingStories'', which was also directed by Brad Bird.
20	* A shot of the Giant disintegrating a tank as two soldiers jump out of the way is a recreation of a shot from ''Film/TheDayTheEarthStoodStill1951''.

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